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Countries pledge $110 million for UN Palestinian agency
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] More than $110 million was raised Tuesday at a pledging conference to support the UN agency for Paleostinian refugees UNRWA, which has been struggling since the United States slashed funding.pledges do not equal actual currency UNRWA chief Pierre Kraehenbuehl said the funding would allow the agency, which provides education and health services to Paleostinians, to cover costs for the coming months and avoid a budget crisis. Around 35 countries took part in the conference, mostly Europe  ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...an and Arab nations, with the biggest contributions coming from the EU, Germany, and Britannia. The conference was held on the same day as President Donald Trump ...the Nailer of NAFTA... ’s administration unveiled the economic component of a long-awaited Middle East peace plan, at a workshop in Bahrain. The US plan dangles the prospect of $50 billion of investment in the Paleostinian territories and neighboring Arab countries over 10 years. Last year, the Trump administration cut all funding to UNRWA, arguing that it was flawed as Washington pressed ahead with work on proposals for an Israeli-Paleostinian solution. US Middle East advisor Jason Greenblatt in May told the Security Council that the agency should be dismantled and its services handed over to countries hosting the Paleostinian refugees and NGOs. Kraehenbuehl welcomed the pledge of $110 million, saying it was an "important amount" but said UNRWA would be seeking more funding to cover its annual budget of $1.2 billion in September. "We hope this allows us to bridge a lot of the needs that we have in the next three to four months," he told news hounds. Posted by: Fred 2019-06-26 |
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